India, our curry adventure

February 2018

A 9-day adventure by Yves and Sin vs the world Read more

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India
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- Feb 2, 2018, 9:10 AM
- ⛅ 0 °C
- Altitude: 526 m
- Germany Gärtnerplatz 48.13513, 11.5819848°8’6” N 11°34’55” E
Day 1
India, here we come!
February 2, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C
Since Brussels Airlines started flying to India (Mumbai) in 2017, we decided to discover this country, this culture and of course the Indian Cuisine! 😉

It was a last minute decision, but yes... we left for one week India. Our trip started with 2 flights.

✈ Brussel-Munich
✈ Munich-Delhi

We couldn't start our trip any better then traveling business class and receive a very good service on board! The business class was empty, only Yves, me and some other guy. Awesome!!! 😁
We enjoyed some good (Indian) food and of course an Indian Masala Tea to start our journey in Indian style!

Off to Delhi!!!

Ps: the business seats are way too big for Sin! 😄Read more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 12:30 AM
- 🌫 16 °C
- Altitude: 249 m
- India Malakpur Kohi Rangpur 28.54446, 77.1174928°32’40” N 77°7’3” E
Day 2
Arrived at Delhi Airport
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ 🌫 16 °C
After midnight, we arrived at Delhi! Yay!
Thanks to the prepaid taxi service, we found a cab that drove us to the "hotel".
For our first night, we booked a hotel near the airport. Chanakya Hotel, only 26€/night.
Not bad... so we just booked it.......

Once we arrived, we realized we made a horrible mistake by choosing this cheap hotel.
The moment we opened the door of our room, we looked at eachother with a face you can't imagine haha.
Dirty.... very dirty.... no hot water, no towels, spiders in bed, dirt on the floor, ripped beddings, curry on our sheets from previous guests, bathroom (no toilet paper), nothing... 😄

So we just try to sleep and leave the next morning as soon as possible!!!

Ps: these pics aren't ours. I found them on the internet. But they look 100 x times better than our room. Unfortunately I was too shocked and forgot to take pics! HahaRead more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 10:00 AM
- 🌫 16 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- India Teen Mūrti 28.61394, 77.2090228°36’50” N 77°12’32” E
Day 2
Sightseeing @ Delhi
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ 🌫 16 °C
Saturday early morning! ☉
We didn't sleep a lot in this dirty room... we left as soon as we could and took a taxi to Delhi city!
Ready to explore the city...
At least... that's what we thought.
The moment we arrived in Delhi, people told us there was a strike for 2 days. Everything is closed, you better book a excursion and leave today!

FORTUNATELY we learned our lesson in Marrakech. This was a rip off! People in the street worked together for the same "official" (NOT!) Tourism office.

We left immediately and went to starbucks to book our hotel and our trips for the following days.
Long live the internet! 😄
Even in starbucks there was "a friend" of the tourism office that pretended to be somebody else. HahaRead more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 1:00 PM
- 🌫 21 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- India Teen Mūrti 28.61394, 77.2090228°36’50” N 77°12’32” E
Day 2
Lotus temple Delhi
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ 🌫 21 °C
Let's explore Delhi city! 🌹
First stop... the Lotus temple.
This temple is built in the shape of a lotus flower and is the last of seven Major Bahai's temples built around the world.

The structure is made up of pure white marble The architect Furiburz Sabha chose the lotus as the symbol common to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam.

It's free to visit the temple, a place for all religions to pray or meditate.

Around the blooming petals there are nine pools of water, which light up, in natural light.

So beautiful! ❤Read more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 3:00 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- India Teen Mūrti 28.61394, 77.2090228°36’50” N 77°12’32” E
Day 2
Lodi gardens
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
Enjoying the beautiful Lodi Gardens.
Peaceful and beautiful! ❤
The perfect place to escape from the noisy Delhi traffic! 😉
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- Feb 3, 2018, 4:00 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 210 m
- India Teen Mūrti 28.61394, 77.2090228°36’50” N 77°12’32” E
Day 2
Red fort, Delhi
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
RED FORT is a historic fort in the city of Delhi.
It was the main residence of the emperors of the Mughal dynasty for nearly 200 years, until 1856.
Very nice especially because of the "red" color.
We also tried our first street food in front of this fort. Curry Samosa. Delicious! 😍Read more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 6:00 PM
- 🌙 20 °C
- Altitude: 232 m
- India Delhi 28.65456, 77.230928°39’16” N 77°13’51” E
Day 2
Riksja ride through Old Delhi
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
Of course we had to take a riksja ride through Chawni Chowk & Old Delhi.
Unfortunately, we had this pushy riksja guy who didn't want to leave us alone or just drop us off at our location. He really tried to give us a complete tour, which we didn't appreciate at all.

Once in Old Delhi, we got off and told him to leave us alone in a friendly way.

At old Delhi, we tried some local streetfood:
Samosa, kroket, Indian Kheer (rice pudding), weird drink served in an egg shell (yuk!), indian carmelized nougat.

Afterwards we read about the "Delhi Belly" and we are sooooo lucky we didn't got sick. From that day we were more careful with Indian Streetfood! 😄

It was quiet an experience to walk around at Old Delhi. We saw many poverty, cows, dogs and of course a lot of food & Indian Masala Tea served in the streets.Read more
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- Feb 3, 2018, 7:00 PM
- 🌫 18 °C
- Altitude: 232 m
- India Delhi 28.65456, 77.230928°39’16” N 77°13’51” E
Day 2
Spice market Old Delhi
February 3, 2018 in India ⋅ 🌫 18 °C
Beautiful colors! Love to see all these different spices! ❤

The last picture is PANEER. The typical Indian cheese they use in many of their dishes for ex. Palak Paneer. So yummy! 😍
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- Feb 4, 2018, 12:00 PM
- ☀️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 179 m
- India Agra 27.17667, 78.0080727°10’36” N 78°0’29” E
Day 3
Taj Mahal, Agra
February 4, 2018 in India ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
YES!!!!!! Taj Mahal! Bucketlist... check! ✔😁
One of our main reasons we came to India!

After 4 h drive, we finally arrived at Agra.
It was FANTASTIC.... it's breath taking... so so so beautiful! We are very thankful to be able to see this amazing Monument.

We've spent 2 hours at the Taj Mahal.
After our visit we tried to get a train ticket to Varanasi, but the only option was a 11 h stand up train. So we drove all the way back (5 h + traffic jam) to Delhi Aerocity and the next morning, we took a direct flight to Varanasi! Our NEXT destination! ❤Read more
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- Feb 4, 2018, 12:15 PM
- ☀️ 22 °C
- Altitude: 179 m
- India Agra 27.17667, 78.0080727°10’36” N 78°0’29” E
Day 3
Selfie time @ Taj Mahal
February 4, 2018 in India ⋅ ☀️ 22 °C
SELFIE TIME!!! 😍 Because... it's a once in a lifetime kinda thing! ❤

The good thing is... even there are very LOOOOONG queues for Indian people. But as a foreigner, you don't have to get in line. You just go wherever we want. I love this priority! 😉Read more
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